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Thursday, 25 February 2010

Politicians are just another form of organised crime in many cases. This is a prime example of another political criminal, the only difference between Emila Maslarova is that she has got caught, how many other have got away with it to date? It doesn't give voters any more confidence in a country that has been disaffected with politicians for many decades.

Emilia Maslarova, labour minister in the previous cabinet, has been charged with abuse of power, authorities announced on Tuesday (February 23rd). She is accused of misappropriating 5.5m euros in state funds. This is the first in a series of indictments that Sofia's chief district prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, has promised in the coming days.